ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185422
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Date: | Friday 28 January 1966 |
Time: | c. 14:00 UTC |
Type: | Grumman A-6A Intruder DT-15 |
Owner/operator: | VMA (AW)-242 USMC |
Registration: | 151567 |
MSN: | I-49 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lake Mattameuskeet, NC -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS Cherry Point, NC (KNKT) |
Destination airport: | LOCAL |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed during execution of 1/2 Cuban 8, possible drop of one wing, pilot became disoriented. Aircraft came down in Lake Mattameuskeet, Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula, North Carolina, at approximate Coordinates 35.4987°N 76.1890°W. Both crew - 1st Lt J. E. Spear and 1st Lt H. K. Sieglinger - ejected. Ejection was through the canopy. Both crewmen sustained minor lacerations and bruises to arms and hands.
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm 2.
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html 3.
http://web.archive.org/web/20180422222159/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Mar-2016 00:01 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
15-Mar-2016 00:02 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
30-Dec-2016 18:42 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
26-Aug-2017 19:00 |
Anon. |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
27-Dec-2019 21:56 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
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